impossibility
Americannoun
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the state or quality of being impossible
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something that is impossible
Etymology
Origin of impossibility
1350–1400; Middle English impossibilite < Late Latin impossibilitās. See im- 2, possibility
Example Sentences
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But after losing his sight due to glaucoma at six-years-old, he was told that a career in agriculture was an impossibility.
From BBC
"I was just like, 'no, I won't use any screens, nothing'," she recalls, before quickly realising the practical impossibility of that goal.
From BBC
Stressed about the impossibility of work-life balance, a Mexican American music video director hires a doppelgänger in this film, which premiered at Sundance.
From Los Angeles Times
She said: "I went back to work post maternity leave. It has always felt impossible. Every day has felt like an exercise in logistical impossibilities, and we got through it."
From BBC
But escape from the irritations of that companionship seems a still bleaker prospect—and an impossibility.
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